Grave-lining.



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GRAVE LINING.

APPLICATION FILED MAn.1o,'1eos.

Patented June 15,1909.

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JAMES M. DODDRIDGE AND WILBUR I. DODDRIDGE, OF MILTON, INDIANA.

GRAVE-LINING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES M. DODD- RIDGE and WILBUR l. DODDRIDGE, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of Milton, in the county ofWayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in GiaveLinings, of which the following is a full andcomplete exposition, being such as will enable others to make and usethe same with absolute exactitude.

This invention has reference to a doublethickness grave lining, andbroadly stated, the object is to provide a grave lining which may beeasily made and placed in position, and which will give a pleasing andan artistic finish to the grave.

The particular object is to provide a grave lining comprising a relativedense backing of a preferred hue to be covered with transparent fabricof a hue different from the backing.

Other objects and particular advantages of our invention will be broughtout in the course of the following specification.

One manner for carrying out the principles of our invention is shownclearly in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is alongitudinal section of a grave equipped with our invention. Fig. 2 is atop plan of a grave partly eqiupped with our invention, showing one ofthe members partly positioned. And Fig. 3 is a detail section showingthe manner of uniting the two thicknesses of fabric at the top.

Similar reference characters denote like parts throughout the severalviews of the y drawings.

W e will now take up a detail description of our invention and themanner of its utilization, and will refer to the several parts asbriefly and as fully as we may.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the ground in whichthe grave is formed in the usual manner, and the numeral 2 denotes thesides and ends of the inside of the grave. An offset or shelf 2/ isformed around on the inside of the grave which should be on a line withthe top of a casket or box which may be placed in the grave.

Our invention comprises the means we employ for covering and hiding theraw edge and the interior of the grave. The invention contemplatespreferably four separate sections each formed of two thicknesses ol'Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 10, 1908.

Patented .Tune 15, 1909.

Serial No. 420,284.

fabric, denominated the backing, or back fabric, and the facing, or facefabric. All of the sections are identical with each other except as tolength, therefore a description of one will answer for a description ofall, in fact the four sections may be formed integral with each other.

The backing is designated by the letter A and the facing is designatedby the letter B.

The backing A is formed of a dense fabric of the color desired and itVshould be cut of a size such as to fit the side or the end .of the gravefor which it is intended, and to extend out over the upper edge of thegrave, and to extend down to and cover the bottom of the grave, or aportion thereof, if desired.

The facing B is formed of a comparatively thin and transparent fabricwhich is plaited -thereacross to give it a fullness and an artistic ordecorative effect, and should be of a size such as to cover the backing.

The upper edges of the backing A and the facing B are folded in, asindicated in Fig. 3, and seamed together substantially as shown.

Extending inwardly laterally from each side of each section is a slit,as for instance the slits a in Fig. 2, whereby the sections may beneatly fitted around the offset 2 of the grave.

The edges of the sections are turned out, as shown in the lower portionof Fig. 2, and its inner edge secured to the ground by headed pins orspikes C, after which the section may be turned over and allowed to hangdown vertically inside the grave, as shown in Fig. 1.

The appearance of the lining when thus constructed is very pleasing, byreason of the blending of the two kinds, and colors of the fabric, andthe plaiting of the facing, the whole causing all the exposed portionsof the ground to be covered.

Having now fully shown and described our invention, what we claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-- A gravelining comprising a plurality of side and end sections formed Wholly offabric, each section comprising a backing piece of dense material and afacing piece of thin transparent material, the latter being of a colordifferent from the former and formed with a series of plaitingsthroughout its extent, the upper edges of the two parts of each sectionbeing doubled in and secured together, `and rnens for sec-uringltheupper signedolir Iimes L6, this. pilfoltion inthe portion of eachsection to the surface of the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.ground which Ineens comprises heeded pins l JAMES M` ada ted to bepassed through the upper edge I WILBUR I. vDODDRIDGE. i of t e backingpiece of the lining and into I tneSSeS:

the ground. i L. T. LANTZ,

In testimony whereof We have hereunto i L. P. ZELLER.

